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  • Small business credit and financing: What you need to know - Entrepreneur Podcast Network – EPN

    Levi King is the Co-Founder and CEO of Nav, a free site that has helped small business owners get more funding and lower their costs joins Enterprise Radio to discuss small business credit, financing and what you need to know.
    Listen to interview with host Eric Dye & guest Levi King discuss the following:

    * Tell us why you started Nav and how it helps small business owners.
    * How is Nav different than other online business lenders or brokers?
    * For those who aren’t familiar with business credit, how is is it different from personal credit?
    * What are some tips you can give to business owners who want to build their business credit profile?
    * Data breaches and identity theft have been in the news lately—what’s your advice to businesses owners who want to protect themselves.

    Levi King is the co-founder and CEO of Nav, a free site that gives business access to their personal and business credit scores, tools to build business credit and a financing marketplace. Levi is a serial entrepreneur and has started several successful companies. Prior to Nav, he co-founded a business financing marketplace where Levi saw too many applicants get denied for financing or only get approved for offers they couldn’t afford. He made it his mission to help business owners become better-qualified applicants, which led him to start Nav.
    Nav has helped over 300,000 small business owners manage their financial health to lower their costs and get more funding. Levi and Nav are a champion for small business owners and have been recognized for numerous awards, including: the 2017 Inc. 5000 list, Entrepreneur’s Top Company Cultures and CB Insight’s Fintech 250.

    Website: www.nav.com
    Social Media Links:

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/navsmb

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/navSMB
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    12 min
  • Going Beyond Beautiful with Jason Garrett - Entrepreneur Podcast Network – EPN

    Jason Garrett, Partner & CEO at Mighty an experience strategy and design company joins Enterprise Radio.
    Listen to interview with host Eric Dye & guest Jason Garrett discuss the following:

    * What is Mighty?
    * What does Mighty do you offer?
    * Can you provide some real life examples?
    * How is what Mighty does different from other agencies and studios?
    * What aspect(s) of your business are you most proud of?

    As a young man, Jason Garrett moved to Austin, Texas from Laguna Niguel, California, with his family to help his father start a business. Passionate about music and art, the move ended up being a natural fit.
    While trying to carve out a living playing guitar, Jason spent more than a few years at big and small technology companies alike before deciding to found his first company, Marketwiise.  This venture was a wild ride and taught Jason about raising capital, investor relations, differentiating in crowded markets, and building successful products. It also inspired and laid the foundation for Jason’s current company, Mighty.
    In his free time, Jason loves to spend time with his wife and kids, volunteer at church, and get the old amplifiers out to strum a chord or two.

    Website: www.wearemighty.co
    Social Media Links:

    Facebook: www.facebook.com/wearemighty.co

    Twitter: www.twitter.com/wearemightyco
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    13 min
  • 5 times when your company should play it safe - Entrepreneur Podcast Network – EPN

    If you are going to make a success of your company, there will be times when you have to take risks. You may be faced with an exciting business venture that you can’t afford to walk away from. Or, you might need to update your marketing strategy in order to broaden your target audience. In these instances, it is important to be bold. However, there will also be times when you cannot afford to take risks. Instead, you will need to do everything in your power to play it safe.

    Industry compliance

    If your business is going to run smoothly, you will need to invest in compliance products and services. Arbour Group is an example of an organization that provides expert advice for compliance services in the life sciences industry. Their first-class service will ensure that your key business systems are functional and are in full compliance with applicable FDA and international regulations and guidelines. Not taking such precautions could jeopardize the future of your company.

    Financial management

    You will also need to be vigilant when dealing with your company finances. You cannot afford to make mistakes, as this could cost you both time and money. That is why you should seriously consider hiring an accountant. This will ensure that you never have to worry about the quality of your calculations. It could also provide you with the chance to receive helpful advice concerning your investment portfolio.

    Quality control

    Whenever you are in communication with your clients, or important business contacts, you will need to invest in quality control. In order to maintain a professional image, it is vital that you avoid spelling mistakes, grammatical errors, and incorrect information. That is why you should download digital software that will proofread your external communications, or hire an in-house copywriter and proofreader. You should also entrust one member of your team with the responsibility of fact checking.

    Health and safety

    If you employ a team of people, you are responsible for their wellbeing. That is why you need to think carefully about your health and safety measures. Perhaps you could train a member of your staff to take on the role of health and safety coordinator. They could check in with your employees and evaluate their individual needs. They could also attend training courses that will keep them up to date with all of the latest industry requirements. Investing in your health and safety measures could help you to avoid disgruntled employees and expensive lawsuits. In the long run, it really is better to be safe than sorry.

    Insurance

    Another option is for you to offer insurance policies to your employees. This is a fantastic way for you to encourage people to work for your company and to make it clear that you really care about your workers. Not only this, but investing in a group plan insurance policy, could provide you with better access to doctors and hospitals. It could even help you to save money on your taxes!

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  • Living with Diabetes? Life Insurance Rates Fall to All-Time Low - Entrepreneur Podcast Network – EPN
    With November being National Diabetes month, we wanted to share some great news! Diabetes 365 conducted a survey with several Life Insurance carriers, and we have some good news to share.
    According to the American Diabetes Association, nearly half of American adults have diabetes or prediabetes; more than 30 million adults and children have diabetes; and every 21 seconds, another individual is diagnosed with diabetes in the U.S.
    Life insurance companies have taken notice of this, and have made positive changes over the years.  Medical advancements and modern technology are playing huge factors into the recent innovations that make life insurance more affordable for individuals with diabetes. We are lucky to be living in a day and age where medical technology is advancing at a rapid pace. With a little over 9% of the population, roughly 30 million Americans have a form of diabetes and these medical advancements open the door to many more companies who offer life insurance. The better medicine and treatment out there, to help with the long-term problems caused by diabetes, will help reduce your risk factor in the eyes of the insurance companies. Not only do these advancements offer the ability for life insurance but the life insurance companies have started to reward diabetics for making healthier life choices. Currently we have been experiencing life insurance rates the lowest they have ever been in the past 30years!
    In addition to lower rates, companies are now offering more options to people with Diabetes.  People with Type 1 Diabetes used to be lucky, to find companies who would offer coverage.  Now, not only can they qualify for traditional policies, but they can also get No Medical Exam policies that are instantly approved!!!
    Why is Life Insurance so Expensive for People with Diabetes?
    Individuals with diabetes are considered a high-risk applicant primarily because their condition could ultimately turn into some serious health issues. Insurance companies see red flags when they come across an applicant with diabetes. They see the potential for kidney disease, heart attacks, stroke –all conditions that could be fatal and a huge investment risk for them. However recent studies have come out indicating that life insurance rates are more accessible for diabetics now than ever.
    Diabetes 365 found that almost half of individuals living with diabetes are worried they will be unable to qualify for life insurance, while the other half deem life insurance as too expensive. We are trying to help debunk those outdated thoughts that are currently circulating through the diabetic community. According to Jon Hancock in the past 18 months more than 88% of individuals with diabetes type 2 who were looking for life insurance qualified for life insurance and received a standard or better rate!  This is a perfect example of how life insurance companies are understanding the true risks, of people who live with Diabetes
    Policies That Benefit Diabetics
    John Hancock life insurance offers a type of policy for diabetics that encourages them to make healthier life choices every day. Their Vitality rewards program helps promote a healthy lifestyle by setting up goals and rewards for healthy eating, exercising, and visiting the doctor. These rewards can go to the purchase of an Apple Watch that will allow them to help track and monitor their activity progress. Not to mention hundreds dollars of savings on healthier food purchases that will result in a 15% savings for their life insurance premiums! That same study showed that 75% of the individuals agreed that this type of life insurance was more appealing and would help motivate them to live a healthier lifestyle full of information that would help provide them additional support to manage their diabet…
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  • 3 Reasons You May Want to Consider Consulting a Professional Service to Assess Your Productivity - Entrepreneur Podcast Network – EPN
    In most all businesses, time is the most precious resource. If money is lost, that’s bad, but the loss can be made up by increasing revenue or decreasing costs in other areas. But once time is gone, it is gone forever. In other words, managing productivity should be the number one goal of most business owners.
    Therefore, reliable and experienced implementation consultants are often a business owner’s best friend. Such professionals can do things like manage workloads and reduce cycle times which significantly affect the daily schedules of your employees. In turn, these items also have a tremendous impact on your bottom line.
    What are some reasons you should invest time and money in a productivity survey?
    Control Time
    The resource scarcity discussed above is flipped in many organizations. Business owners who would never dream of throwing away money sometimes consider their employees’ time to be disposable. Consider that on average, a worker receives over 200 business emails a day and attends over 62 meetings a month. Obviously, these average figures vary significantly according to the organization’s size. But no matter how many workers are in the office, they spend a lot of their time attending meetings and reviewing emails which may or may not contribute to their effectiveness.
    In this case, the problem may not be an over-reliance on emails and meetings, but an under-reliance on other forms of communication. A brief face-to-face meeting might be an easier way to get things done than a long email string, and slightly longer meetings with longer agendas and fewer attendees might do just as well as multiple short meetings that involve large numbers of people.
    Predict Turnover
    Inevitably, people leave a company. Many times, they move on for reasons which are entirely beyond the business owner’s control, so the goal here is not so much to reduce turnover, but to manage it. That’s the best way to minimize disruptions like increased workloads for the employees who remain, which means they spend less time on individual tasks, and the productivity downtime that occurs during employee training and orientation.
    Managing turnover has some other benefits as well, such as reducing organizational voids and improving morale. That thought leads us to the third benefit of an efficiency study, which is. . .
    Better Attitudes
    Most everyone will say that they are happy if the boss asks the question. But if a surveyor asks, and especially if the responses are anonymous, accurate feedback is much more likely. Commonly, surveyors also ask questions like an employee’s willingness to recommend the organization to someone who is looking for a job.
    Measuring employee helpfulness is an unexpected corollary. Simply asking such a question motivates employees to assist others with their workloads and have a better attitude about rendering such assistance. Moreover, such an inquiry either confirms or denies management beliefs about the real workhorses in an organization.
    The bottom line is that management assessments of employee productivity tend to be either myopic or biased. So, an outside look often changes the way the organization does business, and everyone benefits.
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  • The Power of Engagement for A Luxury Start-Up - Entrepreneur Podcast Network – EPN

    Robert Gould, Founder of QIVIUT & CO, the brand responsible for setting a new standard in luxury outerwear joins Enterprise Radio to discuss the power of engagement for a luxury start-up.
    Quickly gaining both notoriety and acclaim, QIVIUT & CO is responsible for introducing fibre from the Arctic Musk Ox in to the luxury fashion arena.
    Listen to interview with host Eric Dye & guest Robert Gould discuss the following:

    * Why is engagement so important for a luxury start-up?
    * What are the engagement tactics that a start-up can employ?
    * What does it take to provide those tactics?
    * What is the pay off of engagement for a start-up?
    * Where does engagement fit in the overall marketing plan of a luxury start-up?

    ROBERT GOULD is the London-based American Founder of QIVIUT & CO: the brand responsible for setting a new standard in luxury outerwear and bringing “QIVIUT” to the attention of the world.
    Born in the US, GOULD studied for a BA at HARVARD COLLEGE before graduating from COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL with a Juris Doctor Degree. After serving as a military judge in the US NAVY, Gould entered the world of corporate law. First as an associate for Guggenheimer & Untermeyer in New York City, before becoming Vice-President and General Counsel of the closely held family business: GOULD PAPER CORPORATION.
    In 1976, ROBERT GOULD moved to ALASKA for his first start up adventure. Many successful businesses followed and it was in those 38 years of living in the US state that his passion for QIVIUT ignited. GOULD made London his permanent home in 1994, however it wasn’t until 2014 that he decided to bring the ultra-soft fibre into the broader global fashion industry. Spotting a niche for something ‘new, unique and exclusive in the natural fibre category’, GOULD set out on a journey. QIVIUT & CO was established not only to create a new standard in outerwear, but also to bring both the outer and under hair of the musk ox, known as “QIVIUT” (KIV-ee-uht) to the attention of both the fashion industry and consumers alike.
    “QIVIUT & CO is embarking not solely on the creation of a luxury brand, but a journey. A journey with hopes of establishing a legacy that will endure, like the musk ox itself.” – Robert Gould, Founder
    ROBERT GOULD works full time in London as the Founder of QIVIUT & CO, with the brand having officially launched in early 2016.

    Website: www.qiviutandco.com
    Social Media Links:

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/qiviutandco

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/qiviutandco
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    16 min
  • Nigerian Monarch and A Business Tycoon - Entrepreneur Podcast Network – EPN

    Eze-Nwanyi Ugwunwa Ajike, a British Nigerian and young entrepreneur, business tycoon and an Ohafia Nigerian Monarch joins Enterprise Radio.
    Listen to interview with host Eric Dye & guest Eze-Nwanyi Ugwunwa Ajike discuss the following:

    * For the benefit of those getting to know you for the first time can you tell us a bit about yourself and your online movie platform Ugwunwa Angel Films?
    * What about your recent film My Banquet 1st of August that is available to watch on your online movie platform Ugwunwa Angel Films.
    * Can you tell us when you are releasing a song?
    * What about your hotel business how are you getting on with that?
    * What about your magazine Financial Journal and your book Appropriate?

    Eze-Nwanyi Ugwunwa Ajike is an Ohafia Nigerian Monarch, a business mogul with multiple businesses she also works in the entertainment industry as an actress and musician and she is also an author with the magnificent book called “Appropriate by Ugwunwa Ajike of Abia”.
    Website: www.ugwunwaangelfilms.com
    Social Media Links:

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Eze-Nwanyi-Ugwunwa-Ajike

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ugwunwa_ajike
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    12 min
  • How to Keep Your Team Productive - Entrepreneur Podcast Network – EPN
    The success of a business relies heavily on its workforce. In stiff market conditions, workforce quality is the most important asset to have and develop. An enterprise is run by highly productive employees is bound to be a thriving and growing business.
    It’s up to the entrepreneur to discover cost-effective ways of improving the workforce’s efficiency. Below are examples of strategies that can lead to higher productivity in the workplace.
    Hire the best managers and team leaders
    An ineffective manager can spell disaster for any team of workers, regardless of their individual skills and know-how. Conversely, an exceptional manager can motivate any troupe of employees to do productive work.
    Much is expected of managers and team leaders, as they get to dictate the daily activities of the workers. It’s best not to skimp out when hiring for these roles.
    Improve the workforce’s health and wellness
    The employees’ physical and mental condition factor greatly into their productivity at work. Healthy workers are generally more productive than their sickly counterparts.
    Company-sponsored medical check-ups can guarantee that the workers are always in shape for their jobs. Random drug screenings, through substance and THC test kits, can be a preventive measure to ensure a drug-free working environment.
    Implement a developmental program for the workers
    As the market changes, so should the business and its workers. The business must be ready to adapt to any industry changes in order to survive.
    Sending the workforce to training and learning seminars should be a regular occurrence in the business. Regularly updating their skill sets and knowledge bases should also be a priority.
    Provide a good workspace with adequate tools
    Furnishing the workers with a safe, well-equipped workplace is the duty of the business owner. It’s not only a legal and ethical responsibility, it also significantly improves the potential of the workforce.
    Generally, workers with the best tools and technologies at their disposal can get things done quicker and better. It will come at a cost, but the long-term gains can easily outweigh the initial investment.
    Rein in distractions in the workspace
    Technology can be a dual-edged sword in the workplace. On one hand, the addition of new technology can improve and speed up business processes. On the other, new technology can be disruptive and can become a distraction.
    Take for example Internet access. There’s a limitless amount of information on the Internet that the business can benefit from. Unfortunately, the Internet is also home to a limitless number of distractions and time sinks.
    Moving forward
    Without workers, the business grinds to a halt. With unproductive workers, the business won’t be as profitable. With highly efficient workers, the business stays fruitful and thriving.
    The workers are practically the lifeblood of any enterprise. Given this paradigm, it’s crucial that the business owner does everything in their power to improve worker productivity. There are many approaches to this, and it’s up to the employer to discern the most appropriate solutions for the business.
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  • How to Sell an Ugly House in Maryland - Entrepreneur Podcast Network – EPN

    Evan Roberts, the Co-Founder of both AE Home Group and Dependable Homebuyers, both of which aid their clients in the sale of their property in a way that best suits their financial needs joins Enterprise Radio to share how to sell an ugly house in Maryland.
    Listen to interview with host Eric Dye & guest Evan Roberts discuss the following:

    * What is it that Dependable Homebuyers does exactly that differentiates you from a real estate agent?
    * Expand on that a little bit. Any interesting stories you’d like to share? Any horror stories?
    * So other than buying a property that may be too “ugly” for a traditional sale, are there any advantages to using you guys over another home-buying company in Maryland?
    * What are the fees typically associated with selling a home to you guys versus someone utilizing a real estate agent?
    * You’ve mentioned a couple times the difference between your company and a traditional real estate sale, but you also noted you are in fact a licensed real estate agent yourself right?

    Evan Roberts is a real estate entrepreneur based in Maryland and has been investing in real estate since he was 21 years old. He and his business partner Jeffrey Miller have been buying real estate together for the last 3 years with a focus in both flipping and rental property acquisition. Evan currently resides in downtown Baltimore with his girlfriend and their dog in the Fells Point neighborhood.

    Websites: www.dependablehomebuyers.com | www.aehomegroup.com
    Social Media Links:

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/mdhomebuyers | https://twitter.com/aehomegroup

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dependablehomebuyers | https://www.facebook.com/aehomegroup
    18 min
  • Three ways you can save time and money while running your E-Commerce Store - Entrepreneur Podcast Network – EPN

    Shawn Geitner, Founder and Owner of Beleave Teas, an online Loose Leaf Tea Company that provides Teas, Accessories and Tea Education again joins eCommerce Radio to talk about ways you can save time and money while running your E-Commerce store.
    Listen to interview with host Eric Dye & guest Shawn Geitner discuss the following:

    * What made you decide to make your Tea Business an E-Commerce Store?
    * What are some of the challenges that you have run into?
    * What are some of the ways that you deal with these issues? How has these strategies helped?
    * Where did you learn these tips from?

    Hello there! I am Shawn Geitner and I am the founder and owner of Beleave Teas.
    We are here to make your life simpler if and only if you are:

    * A person that wants to give Tea a try but doesn’t know where to begin.
    * A person that loves Tea and wants a great place to get if from.
    * A person trying to make the change from coffee to Tea because you have been hearing all the good stuff about Tea in the news.
    * A person that wants to add Tea to their life for a healthier lifestyle because let’s face it, Tea is jampacked with healthy stuff.

    Now if you are in one of the above categories, read on…
    We at Beleave Teas are extremely passionate about making Tea easy and fun for you. When I first started back in 2007, I realized that many people only thought of Tea as a bitter, medicinal and sometimes scary drink that comes in a bag and you only reach for it when you are sick. This had to change.
    We Beleave you should be drinking a Tea that you love every day. You should have at your fingertips a Tea Store that will provide:

    * Easy to understand information about Tea from a Certified Tea Sommelier.
    * A Premium selection of Teas and Herbals and all the needed accessories.
    * The very best customer service. (There is actually a person to answer your questions and provide help)

    Why? Because once you get hooked, you will feel better in your body and in your soul. Tea really does that!
    Here at Beleave Teas, you’ll find an excitement and love for Tea that will spread like the wings of a bird and soar!

    Website: www.beleaveteas.com
    Social Media Links:

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/beleaveteas

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/BeleaveTeas
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    13 min

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